Heribert Adam

Professor Emeritus

Status and Education

Currently teaching at Graduate Liberal Studies. Born in Germany and educated at Frankfurt School of Critical Theory with Th.W. Adorno as PhD (1965) supervisor. Habilitation (1972, Giessen). Research Associate at Institute for Social Research (1961-65).

1996-2000 Past President of International Sociological Association’s RC 05

1977-78 SARP Fellowship at Yale University

1968 DAAD Fellowship

1966 Fritz Thyssen Foundation Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley

Visiting Appointments

University of Cape Town 1986-2008, FU Berlin 1999, Arnold Bergstraesser Insitut, Freiburg, 1988, University of Siegen 1978 and 1982, Yale University 1977-78, American University in Cairo 1972-74, University of Marburg 1972, University of Natal 1967

“Migrants as an Indicator of Global and Local Inequality: The Case of African Refugees” in Amanda Machin and Nico Stehr, eds. Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2016, 410-423.

“Beyond Shame: The Decline of the ‘Rainbow Nation’”, in C. Quist-Akade and W. Royal, eds. Re-engaging the African Diasporas: Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization, Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016, 38-42.

“Merits and Shortcomings of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)” in Ajlina Karamehic-Muratovic and Laura Kromjak, eds. Remembrance and Forgiveness: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Genocide and Mass Violence, Budapest: Central European University Press, 2018, forthcoming

Other Professional Activity

Council Member of Vancouver Institute; Board Member of ISA RC05 and various journals. Invited lectures and consultancy about immigration policies, refugees and xenophobia. Occasional op-eds.